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Heritability and genetics of serum dickkopf 1 levels in African ancestry families.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Feb 2015
Kuipers Allison L, Yu Shibing, Kammerer Candace M, Nestlerode Cara S, Bunker Clareann H, Patrick Alan L, Wheeler Victor W, Zhang Yingze, Zmuda Joseph M
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The aim of the study was to determine the heritability of serum dickkopf-1 (DKK1) and its association with DKK1 polymorphisms in African ancestry subjects. Serum DKK1 was measured in 422 Afro-Caribbean men and women aged 18+ from 7 large, multi-generational families (mean family size: 60; 3,215 r...
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